{"id":229581,"date":"2026-01-09T19:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229581\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:02:07","slug":"legos-first-smart-brick-sets-are-now-available-for-preorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229581\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego\u2019s first Smart Brick sets are now available for preorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The most expensive option is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LEGO-Star-Wars-Smart-Wing\/dp\/B0FMYVF9NB\/?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$159.99 Smart Play: Throne Room Duel &amp; A-Wing<\/a>. It comes with 962 pieces including two Lego Smart Bricks, five Smart Tags, and Luke, Darth Vaders, and Emperor Palpatine smart figures. All three sets also include Lego\u2019s new wireless charger that can accommodate two bricks at a time, and preorders are expected to start shipping on March 1st, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Smart Brick functions as a tiny standalone computer that can be integrated into Lego builds to add interactive lighting and sounds. It features LEDs, a speaker, a mic, wireless connectivity, and a small collection of sensors that can detect movements, light, and gestures. It can recognize Lego\u2019s new Smart Tags and figures through their embedded NFC tags, which trigger unique sounds or lighting effects based on which ones are nearby. They\u2019re not programmable, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/855584\/lego-smart-bricks-interview-julia-goldin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lego says the Smart Brick can be updated<\/a> with new features and content using a mobile app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The reaction to the Smart Play system from Lego fans has been divided. Some are excited at the new play opportunities it introduces, while others lament Lego moving away from imagination-based play \u2014 despite this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21292132\/lego-super-mario-sets-hands-on-nintendo-interview-play-toys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not being Lego\u2019s first set to implement electronics<\/a>. The Verge\u2019s Sean Hollister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/857321\/this-is-what-the-lego-smart-brick-actually-does\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had a chance to try out the Lego Smart Brick<\/a> at CES 2026, and while he was skeptical at first, he walked away from a demo feeling the Smart Bricks were \u201cfar smarter and more imaginative than I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most expensive option is the $159.99 Smart Play: Throne Room Duel &amp; A-Wing. It comes with 962&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[108523,146,330,85,46,397,43,920,2299],"class_list":{"0":"post-229581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ces","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-tech","16":"tag-toys"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}